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Should nurses be trained to use ultrasound for intravenous access to patients with...
Peripheral venous access is the most common invasive procedure performed on patients in the...
Newsroom
Gosport hospital deaths review found nurses’ warnings on opioids went unheeded
Review into hundreds of untimely deaths said night duty nurses were stifled when they spoke...
Expert panel to advise government on cannabis for medical use
Home secretary says government plans to reschedule banned drug if review identifies ‘...
FtP is about patient safety, not private behaviour, RCN tells regulator
Some outcomes suggest ‘moral policing’, with nurses being held to a different standard,...
Government's NHS funding boost is 'no long-term solution' without social...
RCN and social care leaders call for extra investment to shore up home care services
Confed 18 looks to the future of the NHS workforce
Confed 18 fringe imagines working life in the NHS in 2026
NHS Windrush 70 Awards winners represent the ‘best of the NHS’
‘We treasure you as much as the NHS itself’, PM Theresa May tells Windrush Awards winners
Evidence and Practice
Compassion in emergency departments. Part 1: nursing students’ perspectives
Compassion is a topical issue in clinical nursing practice, nurse education and policy, but...
Should nurses be trained to use ultrasound for intravenous access to patients with...
Peripheral venous access is the most common invasive procedure performed on patients in the...
Electrocardiograms: a guide to rhythm recognition for emergency nurses
Electrocardiogram (ECG) is one of the most commonly performed investigations in emergency...
Hair toe tourniquets: a review of two case studies
Digit hair tourniquets are relatively uncommon. There are reports in the literature of hair...
Nurses’ attitudes to supporting people who are suicidal in emergency departments
The aim of this study is to determine emergency nurses’ knowledge about, and perceived...
Emergency management of burns: part 1
Caring for patients with burn injuries can be traumatic for staff. Non-specialist clinicians...
Features
Stopping sensory overload in emergency departments for people on the autism spectrum
A deputy sister in Northern Ireland has set up a hospital quiet room to help patients cope
Sepsis: how one ED has achieved a 70% rise in patients receiving life-saving treatment...
Cambridge hospital trust uses digital technology to provide faster access to sepsis care in...
RCN chair: Adamant nurses must use their voice
RCN chair Maria Trewern is full of hope for the profession – and wants to give members more...
Hand hygiene needn’t mean sore skin
A new guide from the RCN shows how to combine hand hygiene with skin care
Emergency care model cuts death rates from chronic lung disease
Admitting patients with chronic lung disease directly into respiratory specialist care from...
Critical care outreach: Supporting ward nurses and saving lives
At London’s University College Hospital a highly successful nurse-led team brings expert...
Opinion
Life at any cost
Should the cost of emergency care be considered when a patient's life is at risk? And what...
Bigger picture: training can help us to reduce deaths by suicide
Nurses in emergency care must be prepared to assess and support those who may be in need
There is no place for body cameras in nursing practice
Staff safety should be a priority but cameras would put an unacceptable barrier between...
Students
On the front line with a paramedic
A day spent shadowing a paramedic showed the complex range of skills this role requires, and...
Careers
‘Be prepared to work outside your comfort zone’
Senior charge nurse Susan Macaulay describes what it takes to work in an emergency...
‘Do the right thing and be prepared to support an unpopular view’
Senior lecturer Lorna McInulty explains how becoming a trauma nurse co-coordinator changed...
‘Persist and be ambitious: nothing that comes easy is worth having’
University of Wolverhampton Institute of Health Professions senior lecturer Jim Bethel...